Ecology Summary - Lithoscaptus paradoxus

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Ecology of Lithoscaptus paradoxus

Main Ref.	CRUSTA, 2012
Remarks	Found in excavated pits on the surface of hard corals (Ref. 128850).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Lithoscaptus paradoxus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Corals: hard corals;
Special habitats Ref.	Wong, K.J.H., Y.-F. Tsao, J.-W. Qiu and B.K.K. Chan, 2023

Associations

Ref.	CRUSTA, 2012
Associations
Associated with	Associated with obligate corals (Ref. 96667). Collected from Platygyra acuta, Platygyra contorta, Platygrya daedalea, Platygyra lamellina, Dipsastraea speciosa, Favites abdita, Goniastrea pectinata, Goniastrea retiformis, and Paragoniastrea australensis (Ref. 128850).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
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Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.